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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Capturing a moment in time...

It seems like a long time since I first saw this idea mentioned over at the Curious Sofa blog - it took me almost that long to find the old clocks and get this whole thing finished!

Each of my children has a little display shelf in our dining room - the shelves were found at Hobby Lobby on 50% off sale!

The clocks are set to the times each of them were born. Rachel's clock came from Target when we got married, but the others were an ebay find. Look for non-working clocks to reduce the price! They don't need to be working for this project anyway!

Then, I saw the handprint idea in a recent Country Living - however, the idea is not new! My Mom did these for us when we were little! I traced around their hands and then cut that out using it as a pattern - pinned to my fabric and stitched around the edges.

Inexpensive embroidery hoops hold the handprints and then to complete the display, I placed each of their silver baby cups on their shelf. I love these little snips of remembering this season when they are so little!

THAT is an awesome idea! (Thinking about how I can put something like that together...)

I love the idea of setting the clocks to the time they were born. How special for your kids. (Hmm...my word verification for this comment is "bless" which I think is very fitting for what you do for your family!)

Love it, love it, love it!! I have a silver cup and hair brush & comb set for each of my little ones that I haven't been able to figure out how to display in a "smart", creative, vintagey way. I think the time on the clocks set to their birth time is so wonderful. What a great idea!!

This just touches my heart! Every day I think about how time is passing, and the phrase "Every Day Is a Gift from God," has been a reminder of why I do what I do. I plan to paint a sign of that and hang it in my kitchen, I think copying your display to hang on the opposite wall would be a perfect complement. Of course, it'll probably make me cry when I look at it and think about it! Thanks for the inspiration!

Like everyone else, I am LOVING this idea! My little guy turns one in just a few days...doesn't seem possible. I've been looking at his hands and feet lately and noticing how much they are changing. What a great way to capture them as they are today!

Hello I have been looking for a few days as to leave you a comment? I do hope you get this...I was looking for a certain post where you had made the hoops for your living room wall....I am looking to do those and I cant find where you did that?It seems it was last year, however as you know we Mom's see that time passes swiftly and I for sure could be wrong?If you know which ones, let me know Thank youI keep your Dad & Mom in prayer and do pray all is well.Thanks for your sharing 'real-life' blog! I try to direct 'young Mom's' this way and your blog is a help & a blessings~Lori